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Well, that’s scrubbed up nicely, and no mistake. Good work!

Well, it’s my Harley Benton you’re talking about, I believe. The best fretless I have personally played was a Roger Giffin Jazz which belongs to Felix Krish. It was well tasty. The HB in no way equals that, but I was totally surprised by how playable it is and how good it sounds. Especially after I lowered the nut slots and set the truss rod for a nice flat board. Loads of mwah. Wilkinson pickups on it. I have gone the active route with my basses now, and I am under pressure to stick to my one in one out policy by my wife, or I would keep it for when a Jaco moment comes over me. A friend has a Vintage Jazz, fretted, and I find the Vintage and the HB comparable in fit and finish. I hope this helps. I’m not advertising, I’m just really pleased with the results I get from a so called budget bass, and I believe others would be pleasantly surprised!

Looks like stack knob to me.

It’s very easy to set up three stomps in a row, which is exactly what I do. I can’t stand tap dancing and would use the B3n if it required me to do so. To access the tuner, one press of the right handle paddle is required. As stated above, I use it with another multi unit set up the same way, three stomps in a row, so I have six effects in a line. One patch cable between them. Simples.

Try Liberon finishing oil for the back of the neck. Wipe on a very thin coat, let dry and repeat. Job done. I am sure others will make suggestions about the fingerboard finish.

Good work! Thanks very much. Is it possible the bass was tuned down a semi tone on the rekkid? Would make it lay better.

Plus 1 for Tonelib.

Wow. Wow.

True dat. Also, when I was a student, I LOVED The Yes Album. I thought everything about it was cool. As a design student, I thought the graphics were fab. Later on, when, um, recreational substances took hold, Topographic Oceans was a great way of relaxing. But now....

I even went to see Emerson Lake and Palmer live at Green's Playhouse. WHAT WAS I THINKING???

As a guitar player, bass player and inveterate fiddler, I like to mix and match. Many of the FX in the G3 are also present in the B3, and in an updated form, the B3n, I believe. The ones I like to mess with are not instrument dependent. In fact, the autowah in the G3 seems to me to sound better than the B3n equivalent, depending on which bass I use. Come to think of it, folk on here who like fuzz or distortion seem to like vintage guitar models, or a Rat or TS9. If it sounds good, it is good.. But of course I have to admit I listen with my eyes as well. Anybody remember Stanley Clarke playing through a Mesa Boogie combo? That just didn't look right to me!

Has an Oz Noy type vibe, to me. Good work.

I have a Zoom G3 which I have on my board after my B3n. I use it for modulated delays and reverbs, but it has para EQ just like its bass equivalent. Works great, doesn’t sound thin.

AKG K240 DF. Sfind them a bit quiet due to high impedance, but they are very good cans for listening to bass through DAW or preamp.

Ah, I now see the bit about reshaping the body. Good idea.

Love that, thanks.

Ah, me, communication via text is inherently limiting. We can't hear tone of voice and emphasis (prosody), and thus misunderstanding abounds. My apologies for not being clear, I was firing from the hip in a spirit of helpfulness, plus I totally dig those curved plates on the Sandbergs. Good luck to Honza with his excellent project, and respect to all those who chip in with their expertise.